Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-25
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NIGHT EDITOR No. 20.
MINOR MENTION.

N. Y. Plumbing 20.
Reiter, tailor, Fall goods cheap.
Common council meets in special ses-
sion tonight.
A phenomenal little elocutionist ac-
companies the Ida Clark Concert COM
pany.
An important meeting Of the carpen
ters' union is called for next Thursday
evening.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
is putting in its yard tracks up to the
city grade.
The Royal Arcanum ball will be given
this evening. The third one will take
place November ..
Anders Christian Jensen and Pcdria
Nelson, of Neola. were married yes
tcrday by Justice Schurz.
The concert in aid OF the Boy Choir
OF st. Paul's church, will take place this
evening in the church. All are invited.
The Omaha Herald has moved its
Council Bluffs Office to the Globe build
ing. Mr.. X. j. CLANCY is the new man
ager.
Bonds to the amount of $500 will be
issued by the city this week by special
assessment to pay Callahan & Mitchell
for grading work.
A varied and pleasing programme is
promised at the opera house by the
Clark Concert company Wednesday and
Thursday evenings.
Lee Amy, who was injured in the
groin by the accidental discharge of a
pistol Sunday afternoon, is out of danger
and quite comfortable.
Yesterday Esquire Biggs performed
tho raramnpy ~ hi oh ,lnifa1 fnr lifp II
G. Newton, of this city, and Martha j.
Strong, of Oaklrnd, la.
HorseAesh is cheap. A ten-year-old
nag sold on the street yesterday for
Sl.5O, and yet people complain of being
too poor to keep team OF their own.
The old opera house came within one
Of a scorch yesterday. The fire depart
ment turned out, the usual crowd gath
ered-then all dispersed. An incipient
FIRE was quenched by the use of a
bucket.
The sudden change in the tempera-
ture Sunday night was not anticipated
and the water was left in the public
park pipes. In the morning the pipes
were found to be badly bursted in con-
sequence.
A. o. Dildine, of Omaha, was in this
city yesterday looking for man who
had stolen his clothes and revolver.
They had been working together in a
restaurant and he thought the thief had
come to the Bluffs.
democratic excursion rolled in from
Minden yesterday, there being about
twenty-five in the party. They came in
to get their naturalization papers, and
after attending to this they joined in q
hearty dinner at the kiel hotel.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision in the case of Brantz against
Marcus. In this case Brantz sued Mar.
Gus for damages because the latter mis-
took him for II burglar and shot one eye
out. The jury awarded Brantz 81 ,75(
and Marcus appealed.
Mrs. John N. Baldwin favored com
pany of friends last evening with
musical reception at her home, the
chief attraction of the programme be.
ing the selections by Prof. Baetens, {
viOlinist from the Cincinnati College O.
Music. The affair was elegant in all it,
details and enjoyable throughout.
George A. James was locked up yes
terday for disturbing the peace, but be
coming dissatisfied with his quarters il
the second story of the city Jail, h.
kicked panel out of the door and
made his escape. He was shortly re-
arrested in front of the Pacific house
and locked up to stay.
Residents on Avenue A are complain
ing of the humpbacked manner il
which the sewer contractors have lef
the street. 1t seems to be a Difficult
matter to get the dirt filled in jus
right. On some streets the rain ha
made holes because there was no
enough dirt, and others have been lef
In ridges because there was too mucl
dirt.
Have you secured tickets for the Id;
Clark concerts Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings? These two entertain
ments are under the auspices of Dalby,
military band. The band merits
hearty support in it's enterprise, bu
aside from that the opportunity is OF
fered of hearing one of the best concer
combinations on the road this season
Miss Clark, though SO young, is n re
markable cornetist, and the other mem
bers of the company have splendi
skill.
In the district court yesterday tn
case Of the State VS.. Harry Witmeye
was on trial, the defendant bein
charged with stealing horses. TIL
burden of the defense was brought out
1t being to the effect that he bought tn
horses in question from farmer nea
PapilliOn and sold them again to par
ties in Omaha; also that he was i
Omaha at the time the horses wcr
stolen in Mills county. A number {
dispositions were presented from Oman
witnesses in support of the alibi. Th
arguments were reached yesterda
afternoon.
Wadsworth, Etnyre & Co., 236 Mai
street, make reliable abstracts of pro,
erty in Pottawattamie county.
Money to loan. Cooper & Judson.